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Week starting Friday, June 19, 2015

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei brings to Houston more than 160 works of art that highlight the artistic and cultural contributions of imperial rulers in China.

Make the MFAH your staycation destination! Travel around the globe, through time, and to other worlds in 45-minute Passport Tours. Join all of these summer tours and get to know the wonderful treasures that transform the Museum into an international[…]

Filmed in Harlem with nonprofessional actors, director Shirley Clarke’s second feature is a powerful slice of urban life in the early 1960s. The Cool World follows 15-year-old Duke and his street gang, the Royal Pythons.[…]

Experience the depth and breadth of the Rienzi Collection on this one-hour, docent-led tour. Guests explore the glamour of 18th- and 19th-century Europe through beautiful examples of painting, porcelain, furniture, and metalwork. Free with Rienzi admission.[…]

Let’s travel into space! Explore the stunning array of art in Cosmic Dialogues: Selections from the Latin American Collection. Central to the exhibition is Gyula Kosice’s room-sized installation La ciudad hidroespacial (The Hydrospatial City), a miniature space[…]

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens offers special admission and amenities on Father’s Day Weekend! Fathers and grandfathers get in free on Saturday and Sunday afternoon, and others in the group receive discounted admission: $10 for[…]

Drop in for an afternoon of family fun! MFAH members at the Family level and above are invited to enjoy an art-making activity inspired by the portraiture of German artist Franz X. Winterhalter, on view[…]

Discover a different painting every week! This 20-minute Art Bite tour features a renowned Old Master each Thursday evening in July. Art Bite tours are a series of 20-minute gallery tours that feature one or two[…]

Make the MFAH your staycation destination! Travel around the globe, through time, and to other worlds in 45-minute Passport Tours. Join all of these summer tours and get to know the wonderful treasures that transform the Museum into[…]

Art collector Alice C. Simkins brings a scholar’s eye to her passion for American Modernism. She seeks out signature drawings, watercolors, and sculptures that illuminate the great innovations artists brought forward in the first decades[…]